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Tor Gungnir
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2012-09-02 13:36:49 UTC
We all know about it, perhaps the most famous being the starship USS Enterprise. Do the in-game navies have any form of well-established naming convention?

Perhaps Scrapheap *insert name* for Minmatar Navy?

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terzslave
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#2 - 2012-09-02 13:53:35 UTC
Caldari have birds, Gallente have greekish gods and stuff, Amarr have biblical references, and minmatar have crudish names based on animals,weapons,weather and norse gods and violence in general.

That about sums it up.
Grey Azorria
Federation Industries
#3 - 2012-09-02 13:54:35 UTC
Tor Gungnir wrote:
We all know about it, perhaps the most famous being the starship USS Enterprise. Do the in-game navies have any form of well-established naming convention?

Perhaps Scrapheap *insert name* for Minmatar Navy?

In Templar One there is a Gallente Nyx called "GFS Passiac" so for the Gallente navy at least, yes there is a standard naming convention.

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#4 - 2012-09-02 13:54:39 UTC
terzslave wrote:
Caldari have birds, Gallente have greekish gods and stuff, Amarr have biblical references, and minmatar have crudish names based on animals,weapons,weather and norse gods and violence in general.

That about sums it up.

Yes, but it's always made me wonder if there is a species of bird called the scorpion. Smile

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Tor Gungnir
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2012-09-02 13:54:51 UTC
Maybe I should've been more clear.

I was thinking of the "USS" in "USS Enterprise".

Don't rightly know what that is actually called in military terms...

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terzslave
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#6 - 2012-09-02 14:01:18 UTC
Navy issue? As well as the classes I guess.
Grey Azorria
Federation Industries
#7 - 2012-09-02 14:02:44 UTC
James 315 wrote:
terzslave wrote:
Caldari have birds, Gallente have greekish gods and stuff, Amarr have biblical references, and minmatar have crudish names based on animals,weapons,weather and norse gods and violence in general.

That about sums it up.

Yes, but it's always made me wonder if there is a species of bird called the scorpion. Smile

Don't forget the majestic bird that is the badger.

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Jack Tronic
borkedLabs
#8 - 2012-09-02 14:06:08 UTC
Given a few thousand years in the future EVE takes place in, scorpions and badgers have evolved to fly.
Tor Gungnir
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2012-09-02 14:08:25 UTC
Jack Tronic wrote:
Given a few thousand years in the future EVE takes place in, scorpions and badgers have evolved to fly.



But there are no badgers or scorpions in the EVE galaxy.... I guess that the logical explanation would be that the people in EVE have gotten their Earth animals mixed up. It has been a while since they have seen a badger after all.

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Virgil Travis
Non Constructive Self Management
#10 - 2012-09-02 14:13:51 UTC
Tor Gungnir wrote:
Maybe I should've been more clear.

I was thinking of the "USS" in "USS Enterprise".

Don't rightly know what that is actually called in military terms...


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Ivy Romanova
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#11 - 2012-09-02 14:30:51 UTC
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GoonWaffe
#12 - 2012-09-02 14:41:59 UTC
James 315 wrote:
terzslave wrote:
Caldari have birds, Gallente have greekish gods and stuff, Amarr have biblical references, and minmatar have crudish names based on animals,weapons,weather and norse gods and violence in general.

That about sums it up.

Yes, but it's always made me wonder if there is a species of bird called the scorpion. Smile

Let's talk about the falcon and ECM for a bit...

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Uris Vitgar
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2012-09-02 14:59:51 UTC
You don't often see the navy ship names, if they even have them. You only see their class or rank, like "federation hastatus" or "state wakizashi". I don't see why they would need a prefix though
Paul Oliver
Doomheim
#14 - 2012-09-02 15:44:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Paul Oliver
Uris Vitgar wrote:
You don't often see the navy ship names, if they even have them. You only see their class or rank, like "federation hastatus" or "state wakizashi". I don't see why they would need a prefix though
Because "GFS Tiddlywinks" sounds way more authoritative than just naming your ship the "Tiddlywink".
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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#15 - 2012-09-02 15:54:27 UTC
Merlin probably flew around a lot

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Virgil Travis
Non Constructive Self Management
#16 - 2012-09-02 15:58:29 UTC
Paul Oliver wrote:
Uris Vitgar wrote:
You don't often see the navy ship names, if they even have them. You only see their class or rank, like "federation hastatus" or "state wakizashi". I don't see why they would need a prefix though
Because "GFS Tiddlywinks" sounds way more authoritative than just naming your ship the "Tiddlywink".


GFS Wheelbarrow

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Kitty Bear
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#17 - 2012-09-02 16:13:45 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
Merlin probably flew around a lot


This
rather than
This

It's just a hunch mind.
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#18 - 2012-09-02 17:17:14 UTC
Kitty Bear wrote:
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
Merlin probably flew around a lot


This
rather than
This

It's just a hunch mind.


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